Pilates Progressions Program: Recent Episodes
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Take your Pilates teaching to the next level! Get your Pilates and anatomy questions answered by second generation Pilates master teacher trainer, Katrina Foe. This is a Q&A for the P3 Pilates Progressions Program through Personalized Pilates. To find out more about the program please contact us at www.PersonalizedPilates.com.
Osteoporosis and osteopenia - what is it and how to help clients with it. This is a very confusing and controversial topic and tonight we talked about the WHY behind the contraindications so that you can effectively help your clients. We also discussed muscle cramps - what to do about them and how to prevent them.
Client retention...
What are good client retention rates for Pilates instructors?How can you tell if you are retaining clients?What to do if your retention rates aren't great?
This episode may affect your bottom line more than any other!
The facts and fiction behind knee hyperextension - break through the "softening the knee" cues and take your client to the next level! We talk about the anatomy and biomechanics of this action as well as the psychology of training that goes into the cueing. Tonight we had great questions about right to left side imbalances, specifically in hip hiking (pelvic instability) and latissimus dorsi (lats) tightness. We went over the anatomy of what is happening as well as how to cue a client into ideal positioning.
Take your Pilates teaching to the next level! Get your Pilates and anatomy questions answered by second generation Pilates master teacher trainer, Katrina Foe. This is a Q&A for the P3 Pilates Progressions Program through Personalized Pilates. To find out more about the program please contact us at www.PersonalizedPilates.com.
Wonderful technical questions about specific Pilates exercises and the mechanical / anatomical nuances of them - specifically stomach massage, footwork foot positions and arabesque. Anatomically we looked at the glute max versus the 6 deep hip extensors as well as psoas major versus rectus femoris ("quads"). On a totally separate note, we also discussed how Joe Pilates was a real person - cigar smoking, tatoo bearing and wiskey drinking!